Door-stop.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

E. W. HASBNPFLUG.

DOOR STOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29. 1904.

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EZRA W. HASENPFLUG, OF GENEVA, OHIO.

DOOR-STOP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed November 29,1904. Serial N... 234,786.

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, EZRA W. HAsENPFLUe, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Stops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door-stops, and has for itsobject the construction of a strong, cheap, and serviceable article ofthis class, preferably shaped from sheet-metal stampings.

My idea has been to so arrange, construct, and proportion the parts asto afford a maximum strength, while permitting the device to be veryeasily and cheaply constructed and affording at the same time an articlewhich will be wholly satisfactory and durable when placed in service.

The features of my invention may be at once gathered by an inspection ofthe anneXed drawings, showing in detail a device manufactured inaccordance with my invention and embodying the same in a preferred form.

Referring to said drawings, Figure I shows in side view a door-stopconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. II depicts the same inlongitudinal section on line II II of Fig. I. Fig. III is aviewsimilarto Fig. I, partially broken away at the basecap better to illustrate theconstruction. Fig. IV is an interior view of the base-cap, indicatingthe supporting-screw in section. Fig. V is a plan view of thecrowning-cap, and Fig. VI a vertical section thereof.

Throughout the several figures, I have designated similar parts by thesame character of reference to avoid any ambiguity.

Five separate parts are employed in constructing the door-stop hereinshown. These comprise a conical body a, ordinarily formed ofsheet-steel, the outer end of which is crowned by the cap 0, mounting aninteriorly-flanged button I), of rubber or like material, against whichthe door or similar part abuts or is swung. The means for attaching saidbutton to the cap comprises a flanged nipple 7), adapted to be forcedthrough a circular or substantially circular opening in the top of thecap and engage the inner face thereof. In Figs. V and VI are showndetails of the preferred form of crowing-cap c, which is stamped out topresent a substantially circular central opening, slotted upon one side,however, and having one of the points 0 sprung inward. The openingresembles a keyhole in shape and is given this form for the purpose ofpermitting the rubber button I) to be more readily inserted in andremoved from said cap when desired. The flanged edge of the cap 0 inturn is compressed over the outer end of the conical or tubular body a,securing the parts in position and holding the latter in shape. Theinner end of said tubular part is provided with feet or lugs a, adaptedto enter segmental slots d cut in the base-cap d, wherein they are upsetand serve to unite these parts. Previous to assembling the same asquare-headed screw 6 is inserted in the similarly-shaped opening d ofthe base-cap and firmly riveted or upset upon the outer face of saidcap.

When constructed in accordance with the foregoing description, it willbe appreciated that a door-stop having such general characteristics notonly is cheap and easily constructed, but that it has the more importantqualities of being extremely serviceable and possessing great strength.Hence the construction may be relatively light. The screw used isshortand stout and is attached to the base-cap in a manner to avoid itsturning therein or being broken from its anchorage.

The mode of attaching the rubber button or stopper, of course, isoptional, since wellknown means may be employed therefor, and thedifferent parts of the construction may readily be given more ornamentalconfiguration or shape in the course of stamping. The manner of unitingthe several parts may also vary somewhat without departing from theessence of my invention, although as thus constructed said partscontribute to thegeneral strength. and materially reinforce each other.

Having now set forth the preferred. embodiment of my invention, both bydrawings and description thereof, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, the following:

1. A sheet-metal d.oorstop, comprising a tubular body portion seatedupon a base-cap, equipped with a screw, the said body portion having acrown or cap attached to its outer end, carrying a suitable button orstop, substantially as set forth.

2. In a door-stop of the class described, the combination with asubstantially tubular sheet-metal body portion, of a cap secured aboutits outer end, a button or stop upon said cap having a flanged part ornipple engaging saidcap, a base portion mounting the tubular body, and ascrew provided upon the base portion, substantially as set forth.

3. In a stop or abutment for doors and the like, the combination with alight sheetportion, and a screw inserted and secured in said basecap,substantially as set forth.

5. The herein-described sheet-metal doorstop, comprising a tubular bodyportion terminating in feet or lugs, a cap clamped upon the upper endthereof, and having a substantially circular opening, a flanged rubberbutton. inserted therein, a base-cap receiving the lugs, wherein. thesame are upset, and a short screw securely rivet-ed Within the basecap,to prevent it from turning therein, substantially as set forth.

Signed at- Geneva, Ohio, this 26th day of November, 1904:, in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EZRA W. HASENPFLUG.

Witnesses:

JonN HAsENPFLUe, MYRA PANGBURN.

